Stove base



Sept. 15, 1925.

S. 5. JEWETT STOVE BASE Filed March 5.

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STOVE- BAsE' Filed March 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 15, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHERMAN s. JEWETT, or BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 JEWETT & COMPANY,or

' BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

STOVE BASE.

Application filed March 25, 1925. Serial' No. 18,288. i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SHERMAN S. Jnwn'rr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Stove Bases, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in stove bases or supports, andparticularly to that class of stove bases which are formed of aplurality of separate cast side sections or spreaders detachablyconnected to and alternating with a plurality of cast leg sections orstandards. Stove bases of this character have 'heretoforebeen providedin which the alternating sections and legs Were formed with interfittingor interlocking parts, adapted to be assembled and then held together bymeans of a single bolt or other securing device passing through twoadjacent overlying parts. In these previous constructions, however, theparts have been relatively complicated, and necessitated the use ofheavy castings, ditficult and expensive to produce, and requiring muchfinishing or grinding to obtain accurate fitting.

Some objects of the presentinvention are to construct an improved stovebase of the character described, having side and end members orspreaders and leg or supporting members of relatively light weight andsimple construction, and to provide these members with interfittingparts adapted to connect the sections together to form a rigid base andto form these interfitting parts so that both lateral and endwiserelative movements between the parts are prevented.

It is often the practice, at the present time, to providethe stoves orstove bases with an enamel, porcelain or other smooth, sanitary finish,and a further object of the invention is to construct the interfittingor interengaging sections so that, when assembled, the, joints betweenthe parts will be substantially straight and vertical and asinconspicuous as possible, thus avoiding angular joints which would bedifi'icult to fit closely and which would be unsightly, and to furtherthis end, the interfitting parts of the sections are so formed that theouter faces of the sections will be flush and form a substantiallycontinuous surface.

Other objects of the invention are to improve stove bases and simplifytheir construction in the other respects hereinafter specified andclaimed."

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Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a stove base embodying the invention. I

Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the leg sections and portions ofthe adjacent side or spreader sections.

Fig. i is a fragmentary horizontal section of portions of twointerengaging sections of the stove base on line 1 4 Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section,ion an enlarged scale, of the base,viewed upwardly on the line 5-5 F ig. 6.

Fig. 6 is a vertical, sectional elevation of one of the legs and theadjacent parts of the base on. line 6-6'Fig. 5. 5

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary faceview of two adjoining sections showing thesecuring means for holding the interlocked sections in operativerelation.

Fig. 8 is'a view similar to Fig. 6 ofa slightly modified construction.

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on 'llne 9-9 Fig. 8. j

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated, a stove base ofrectangular form is shown, having opposite horizontal end sections 10and 12 and opposite horizontal side sections '11 and 13 alternatelyarranged to interlock with three leg sections or supports l tand afourth leg section 145". While the invention is shown in connection witha rectangular base, it may be used in connection with round, ellipticalor other shapes of sectional stove bases.

The side and end sections 10-13 are provided with abrupt and straight,vertical edges 16 and the legs1 1, 11 are formed with similar side edges17 adapted to abut against the edges 16 and to be held in this positionby interfitting means on the members, so as to form a rigid base withthe outer faces and top and bottom edges of the 'interengaging sectionsflush and in alinement. For this purpose, in the construction shown,each of the sections 10, 11, and 12 is provided at each end, nearthe'edge 16, with a lug 20 extending from the inner face and having aside face 21, while the section 13 is provided with a lug 20 at one endonly. The legs 14 are each provided with a pair of oppositely directedpartsone of which extends laterally beyond each edge 17, and isadaptedto overhang and engage the face 21 of the adjacent lug 20 of thecooperating side or end section so as to prevent relative lateralmovements between the legs and side or end sections. InFigs'. l-7 theselateral extensions on the legs are in the form of apertured lugs orloops 22 which are so proportioned that they will fit snugly over thelugs 20 with the-end bar23 of the loop engaging the face 21 of said lug,thus preventing' lateral" spreading or separation of the parts whenithebase is assembled. The member 13 is provided with only one of the lugs20adjacent one of its edges 16, the otheredge having a part constituting aportion of the securing means employed for holding the assembled basetogether, as will be later described.

The means shown for preventing relative vertical displacement of thelegs and the adjacent side members comprises a pair of spaced,vertically alined lugs-25 projecting from the inner faces of thesections 10'13 adjacent the ends thereof so as to engage H the oppositeouter or topand bottom edges of the apertured lugs-22, so that when theparts are assembled, these interengaging parts 22 and 25 willeffectually prevent relative vertical movements of adjacent memhers. I

In the modified construction shown in Figs. 8-9, the loops 22-arereplaced by lugs 28 having hooked or bent over ends 29 adaptedto hookover the lugs 20 to prevent lateral displacement of parts, while thelugs 25 on the side sections engage the side-edges of the lugs, 28 as intheprevious construction, for preventing relative vertical movementsbetween adjacent members;

It is obvious that thelugs 20 and 25 could be formed on the leg sections14, 1% and the cooperating lugs or loops 22, or hooked lugs 28 could bearranged'on'the side and end sections if desired.

As before stated, it is desirable that the outer faces of theadjoiningsectionsof the base should be flush and substantially continuous andthat the joints between the edges 16 and 17 are as inconspicuous aspossible. To insure this condition, alternate members of the base, such,for example, as the side sections 10-13, are provided with offset,laterally extending lugs 32 each having an outer flat face 33 adapted tobeengaged flatwise upon the inner face of the adjoining leg section, seeFig, 4. Any number of these lugs may be provided, but'preferably thesections have an upper and a lower lug at each end as shown, thisarrangement being adapted to securely maintain'the outer faces flush andalined;

Means of simple construction and of easy operation are provided forsecurely holding the base in its assembled form, the

means shown comprising a lug 35 similar in form. to the lugsv32, whichis formed or secured on one end of the section 13 so as to lap over theedge portion of the adjacent leg lt in engagement with its inner face.The lug 35 and the leg lt are provided with registering holes for thereception of astove bolt or nut 37, see Figs. 5 and 7.

WVhen the stove base is to be assembled, the sections are successivelyconnected; for instance, starting with the legl l the end section 10 isengaged therewith bypresentingthe end section angularly'to the legsection, from the outer side with their top and bottomv edges inalinement and the lugs 32 extending inwardly over the adjacent edge ofthe leg. Then by swinging the section 10 to its operative, right angleposition relatively to the leg, the lug 20 will enter the overhangingaperturedlug 22 and the lugs 25 will engage the sides of said lug. Thusthese two sections will beinterlocked in such a way that no relativelateral, vertical, or in and out movements can occur between the,sections. The remaining sections and legs are connected in a similarmanner until, only that end of the section 13 having the lug 35 thereonremains to be engaged with the leg 14*. This is done by directing thelug 35 into position against'the inner face of said leg, and then byinserting the bolt 37 and securing the nutthereon, all of the sectionsand legs will be rigidly connected together. 7

A stove basehaving leg sections provided with the modified lugs28 isassembled in a similar manner.

I claim as my invention I 1. An interlocking"connecti'on betweenthe legmember and theside member of a stove base, one of said members having apart adapted to interlock with a projection on the other member to holdsaid members against lateral separation, lugs on said'other memberengaging the upper and lower edges of said'interlocking part to holdsaidmembers against relative vertical displacement, and means on one of saidmembers'adapted to engage the other member to hold the faces of saidmembers in alinement;

2. An interlocking connection between the leg member and the side memberof a stove base, one of said members having a part adapted to interlockwith a: projection on the other member to hold said members againstlateral separation, lugs on said other member engaging the upperand-lower edges of said interlocking part to hold said members againstrelative vertical displacement, and lugs, on' one of said membersadapted to engage a faceof the other member to hold the faces of saidmembers in alinement.

3. An interlocking connectionbetweenthe leg member and the side member:of a'istove base, one of said members having a part on the inner face ofone of said members adapted to extend upon the inner face of said othermember and which holds said members against relative lateral andvertical displacement, said part overlapping a projection on the innerface of said other member, and means on one of said members adapted toengage the other member to hold the outer faces of said members inalinement.

4. An interlocking connection between the leg member and the side memberof a stove base, one of said members having a part adapted to interlockwith a projection on the other member to hold said members againstlateral separation, lugs on said other member engaging the upper andlower edges of said interlocking part to hold said members againstrelative vertical displacement, means on one of said members adapted toengage the other member to hold the faces of said members in alinemen't,the adjacent, contacting edges of said members being straight anddisposed in a substantially vertical plane so as to form aninconspicuous joint.

5. An interlocking connection between the leg member and the side memberof a stove base, one of said members having a part adapted to interlockwith a projection on the other member to hold said members againstlateral separation, lugs on said other member engaging the upper andlower edges of said interlocking part to hold said members againstrelative vertical displacement, lugs on one of said members adapted toengage a face of the other member to hold the faces of said members inalinement, the adjacent contacting edges of said members beingsubstantially straight and disposed in a vertical plane, and saidinterlocking and interengaging parts on said members being disposed onthe rear faces of said members whereby an inconspicuous joint is formedand whereby the outer faces of said members present a substantiallycontinuous and unbroken surface.

6. An interlocking connection between the leg member and the side memberof a stove base, one of said members having a part on its inner faceadapted to interlock with a projection on the inner face of the othermember to hold said members against lateral separation, lugs on theinner face of said other member engaging opposite edges of saidinterlocking part to hold said members against relative verticaldisplacement, and lugs on the inner face of one of said members adaptedto extend upon the inner face of the other member to hold the outerfaces of said members in alinement.

SHERMAN S JEWETT.

